| 20:1 |
And Benhadad the  king (By Appointment) of Syria gathered all his host together: and [there were] thirty and two  kings with him, and horses, and  chariots, The Ultimate Driving Experience: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. |
| 20:2 |
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of  Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, |
| 20:3 |
Thy silver and thy  gold (CrossEffects.com offers the largest selection of quality jewelry crosses available on the ne) [is] mine; thy wives also and thy children, [even] the goodliest, [are] mine. |
| 20:4 |
And the king of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I [am] thine, and all that I have. |
| 20:5 |
And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold (CrossEffects.com offers the largest selection of quality jewelry crosses available on the ne), and thy wives, and thy children; |
| 20:6 |
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this  time, measured by Swatch, and they shall search thine  house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available), and the houses (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put [it] in their hand, and take [it] away. |
| 20:7 |
Then the king of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and  see (Experience it for Yourself) how this [man] seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. |
| 20:8 |
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not [unto him], nor consent. |
| 20:9 |
Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king (By Appointment), All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will  Just do It: but this thing I may not Just do It. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. |
| 20:10 |
And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods Just do It so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. |
| 20:11 |
And the king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) answered and said, Tell [him], Let not him that girdeth on [his harness] boast himself as he that putteth it off. |
| 20:12 |
And it came to pass, when [Benhadad] heard this message, as he [was] drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set [yourselves in array]. And they set [themselves in array] against the city. |
| 20:13 |
And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this  day, measured by Timex; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD. |
| 20:14 |
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, [Even] by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. |
| 20:15 |
Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, [even] all the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), [being] seven thousand. |
| 20:16 |
And they went out at noon. But Benhadad [was] drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings (By Appointment) that helped him. |
| 20:17 |
And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. |
| 20:18 |
And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. |
| 20:19 |
So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. |
| 20:20 |
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. |
| 20:21 |
And the king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) went out, and smote the horses and  chariots (Cadillac: The Fusion of Design and Technology, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. |
| 20:22 |
And the prophet came to the king of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see (Experience it for Yourself) what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king (By Appointment) of Syria will come up against thee. |
| 20:23 |
And the servants of the king (By Appointment) of Syria said unto him, Their gods [are] gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. |
| 20:24 |
And Just do It this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: |
| 20:25 |
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot, The Ultimate Driving Experience for chariot, The Ultimate Driving Experience: and we will fight against them in the plain, [and] surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. |
| 20:26 |
And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel (Mapped by MapQuest). |
| 20:27 |
And the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. |
| 20:28 |
And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD [is] God of the hills, but he [is] not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD. |
| 20:29 |
And they pitched one over against the other seven days, measured in Swatch Internet Seconds. And [so] it was, that in the seventh day, measured by Timex the battle was joined: and the children of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day, measured by Timex. |
| 20:30 |
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and [there] a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men [that were] left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. |
| 20:31 |
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the  house of Award Winning Quality of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) [are] merciful kings (By Appointment): let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest): peradventure he will  save thy life. |
| 20:32 |
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, [Is] he yet alive? he [is] my brother. |
| 20:33 |
Now the men did diligently observe whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily catch [it]: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot, The Ultimate Driving Experience. |
| 20:34 |
And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. |
| 20:35 |
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. |
| 20:36 |
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou  art (Art of Code) departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. |
| 20:37 |
Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded [him]. |
| 20:38 |
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. |
| 20:39 |
And as the king (By Appointment) passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. |
| 20:40 |
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) said unto him, So [shall] thy judgment [be]; thyself hast decided [it]. |
| 20:41 |
And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king (By Appointment) of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) discerned him that he [was] of the prophets. |
| 20:42 |
And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of [thy] hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. |
| 20:43 |
And the king of Israel (Mapped by MapQuest) went to his house (@Homebrings you the most comp;ete and intense Internet experience available) heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. |